I am so glad God allowed me to be born in America. I have been privileged to travel to several other countries – South Korea, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Canada and Mexico – and have never been to a place I would rather live.

I am a true American patriot. I love this country and what this country has historically stood for. It is obvious to even a casual student of American history that the founders of this country envisioned it to be a nation governed by Judeo-Christian principles.

In fiscal 2013, the S.C. Department of Transportation outsourced 70 percent of its total expenditures, involving the equivalent of more than 1,100 full-time outside jobs in two main non-construction areas, according to an internal report obtained by The Nerve.

In a follow-up, four-page audit submitted earlier this year to DOT management though not made public, which was based on the 17-page 2013 report, DOT Chief Internal Auditor Paul Townes concluded that:

The Oregon college mass killing once again shows how defenseless we are. No one is ever going to prevent some psychopath or idiot from getting a gun. Period.
Who do we think we’re kidding? Just like a thief, no matter how great your security systems, they will find a way.
A young unarmed veteran took it upon himself to stop that psycho. He was shot five times and will live, but he has to learn to walk again.
If he had been allowed to carry a gun that whole mess would have been put to an end much sooner.

On the night before his death, Jesus made a prophecy to his disciples in the upper room: “A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father” (John 16:16).

This prediction caused consternation among some of his disciples, and they said among themselves, “we cannot tell what he saith.”

Jesus then explained his words by saying that “ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”

I would like to make a statement on behalf of all the people who have ever wondered what happened to common sense.

In school, we learned of Thomas Paine and the pamphlet he published in 1776. It inspired men to seek freedom from a repressive government with statements like;

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women.”

It’s off the front page of the newspapers. There are no packs of reporters prowling the streets. The banks of television cameras across from the church are all gone. The politicians and celebrities have all gone home.

But the story of the Emanuel Nine is far from over; it is simply beginning the next chapter.

In 1928, Frank Capra made a silent movie called “The Power of the Press.”

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. played Clem Rogers, an ambitious cub reporter hungry for a scoop. He gets more than he bargained for when his big story implicates the mayor’s daughter – who just happens to be Clem’s girlfriend – in a murder.

In the end, the heroic journalist lands the story and the girl, and exposes political chicanery to boot.